I dedicate this entire story to Orin, Lonely Echidna and everyone's
favourite STH writer, Dan Drazen! And thanx to Amadeus who gave me
the name for this story!
Days of Chaos
Chapter 3 – 'I thought campers ate marsh mellows?'
A black hedgehog wandered along the corridors of Robotnik's Head
Quarters. His head hung low, quills shadowing his dark face even more
and he scuffed his way along. Numerous cuts and bruises covered his
face and body. That Rabbot girl certainly knew how to make him keep his
distance. Bu her behavior had only accounted for a small amount of his
wounds. His 'father figure' Robotnik had almost killed him when he
explained how the brat fox had escaped, yet it was his blue brothers fault.
The doctor had fawned over him for months now, giving Shadow the cold
shoulder. Shadow had briefly thought of getting rid of the blue hedgehog
simply so he would be treated better. He had pushed that out of his mind
as he thought of the punishment he would get if he were ever found out.
But what if he joined the other side? Surely he couldn't be treated any
worse if he helped them. He stopped suddenly, as a familiar 'pat pat'
could be heard down the long, but dark corridor. He sighed. The blue
hedgehog came into view, and smirked as it saw him. Sonic was just
waiting for him to slip up. He enjoyed watching Shadow suffer. He
sauntered over to his black counterpart and shoved past him, almost
knocking him off his feet, and careering into the wall, but it was an action
that was meant. He was simply showing his dislike for the black
hedgehog.
That did it.
The pink echidna lay still, as though she was dead. He wasted no time, but
grasped her around the waist and slung her over his shoulder, and
sauntered, quite calmly, out of the prison block. It was deserted, as usual,
since there was hardly anyone left to take prisoner. He briefly wondered
where he should go, where he would find the rest of them. He had no
food supplies, no medical supplies, nothing to drink, and he hadn't got the
slightest idea where he was going! This was very badly planned, he
realised, but there was no turning back now. They would have noticed by
now that the girl was gone. But to escape Robotroplis without any conflict
would be hard with such a passenger on his back. He slipped her off his
back and hid her in the shadow of a tall building. What he needed now
was a weapon. A SWATbot battalion passed through the area every hour,
and refueled. Most of the time there were no need to be fueled up again,
apart from constant walking. The pitch hedgehog pricked up his ears. A
long procession of 'robians' also came here, to operate the machines
inside. He noticed two in particular, pink and green hedgehogs who had
once been 'fakers' siblings. He followed the long rows of mobians into the
building nearest them. Once inside, he noticed large boxes either side of
the warehouse, marked BLASTERS.
Convenient.
Mighty and Espio were back at their 'camp', with an incredibly shocked
kit. Mighty was sitting at a newly built fire, and Espio was sorting out
their rationed food. None of them were talking. Julie and Bunnie were still
nowhere in sight. The night was creeping over the reddened sky towards
them, and they had promised to all meet back before nightfall. Tails was
resting near the fire, his tails wrapped around him to keep him warm and
his eyes wide as dinner plates. The subdued chameleon tossed a small
amount of food over to him disgruntled team-mate. Tails sat up.
"I thought we weren't going to eat until Bunnie and Julie came back."
Mighty just shrugged and started to cook it as best as he could. The flames
lapped over the vegetables and turned them a funny brown colour. Mighty
pulled them out of the fire and tossed them out. One each.
"I thought campers ate marshmallow." A voice observed.
Everyone jumped up and whirled around to face where the voice had
come from. It was quite dark now, and the only light was the fire. The
stranger stood just beyond the light that the fire gave out. He stepped out
into their watchful gaze and smiled. He dropped his load onto the sandy
floor. Julie-Su. Tails squeaked and bounded over to the traveler and
hugged him tightly.
Later that night, all five of them were laughing and joking, sitting around
the blazing fire, and eating burnt vegetables. Julie had come round at last
and had her head bandaged up under her dreads. Tails looked at his black
companion and cocked his head.
"Why did you want to come and join our side?" he asked, eagerly.
The black hedgehog frowned slightly. He thought for a few minutes.
Everyone was quiet as he began to start talking.
"Well…what's there to say? I mean, the egg has got Sonic doing his every
bidding and he's got the Floating Island as long as he's got Knuckles. He
doesn't care much about me anymore, as long as he's got those two, he
could care less about anything else. That's why Snivley escaped. A very
strong robotic echidna knocking you around is not the best thing for your
body. I had Sonic around me, pushing me around, knowing if I retaliated
then that'd be it for me. I'd be a robot quicker than you can say 'Chaos
Control'. So I left. I needed a way of getting you guys to trust me, so I
found Julie here in one of the prison blocks. I carried her out of the place
and into a weaponry building. That's where I got these."
He pulled open his backpack, which had been lying at his feet, and shook
it upside down. Five top-of-the-range blasters fell out onto the sand,
followed by a eight packets of hand grenades.
"How'd you get these to fit into that small backpack?" Mighty asked.
"Plot hole." Shadow replied, smirking..
"But anyway, after I got these, it was getting dark, so I took Julie out of
Robotroplis, and thought. While I was there, a certain blue hedgehog
pounced on me and gave me these wounds."
He showed them his arms and chest, where various bruises and cuts
roamed his flesh.
"I manage to kick him off and he banged his head against a brick wall. I
left him there and went over to the places I had seen you in. You guys
were all concentrated in the one area, the west side of the city, so I figured
that's the direction your base would be. I mean, it wasn't THAT hard to
figure out. You guys should really work on your battle tactics more often.
Anyhow…it was the only thing I had to go on so I went that way. After a
few miles in the sand, I got lost, but that was when I saw your fire, and I
headed over towards you. You have no idea how relieved I was to get
here."
Tails sat back and looked up at the sky. What had once been a dark
velvety blanket dotted with sparkles was now covered in thick clouds of
pollution. He shivered, and looked downwards at the scuffed soles of his
trainers. Julie rubbed her arms, trying to get the feeling back into them.
The fire was getting low, so Mighty threw a few more branches onto it.
The dancing flames licked around the chunks of brittle wood, before
starting to devour it as vigorously as it had the others. Simultaneously, the
small group lay back, nibbling the rationed food they had got left. One by
one, they fell asleep, until only one was left awake.
The you kit sighed. Why.
Why did his hero have to hurt him like that?
It only seemed liked yesterday that he and Sonic were racing through the
Great Forest and Knothole, and listening to aunt Sally scold them both for
it. That it was only this morning that Tails had last seem him smile that
winning smile. That smile that made him feel happy, just knowing that
Sonic would be there for him. But now he was gone. Another slave to
Robotnik.
As he turned over to go to sleep in the soft sand dunes, Miles Prower
made a promise. That he would get his best friend back. Even if it was
going to kill him.
~ Fin ~
Hi everyone! Hope ya liked this chapter, and just to let you know, there's
more where this came from!! Oh yeah…and R & R PLEASE!!!!! Luv yas
all!
~ Orion ~
favourite STH writer, Dan Drazen! And thanx to Amadeus who gave me
the name for this story!
Days of Chaos
Chapter 3 – 'I thought campers ate marsh mellows?'
A black hedgehog wandered along the corridors of Robotnik's Head
Quarters. His head hung low, quills shadowing his dark face even more
and he scuffed his way along. Numerous cuts and bruises covered his
face and body. That Rabbot girl certainly knew how to make him keep his
distance. Bu her behavior had only accounted for a small amount of his
wounds. His 'father figure' Robotnik had almost killed him when he
explained how the brat fox had escaped, yet it was his blue brothers fault.
The doctor had fawned over him for months now, giving Shadow the cold
shoulder. Shadow had briefly thought of getting rid of the blue hedgehog
simply so he would be treated better. He had pushed that out of his mind
as he thought of the punishment he would get if he were ever found out.
But what if he joined the other side? Surely he couldn't be treated any
worse if he helped them. He stopped suddenly, as a familiar 'pat pat'
could be heard down the long, but dark corridor. He sighed. The blue
hedgehog came into view, and smirked as it saw him. Sonic was just
waiting for him to slip up. He enjoyed watching Shadow suffer. He
sauntered over to his black counterpart and shoved past him, almost
knocking him off his feet, and careering into the wall, but it was an action
that was meant. He was simply showing his dislike for the black
hedgehog.
That did it.
The pink echidna lay still, as though she was dead. He wasted no time, but
grasped her around the waist and slung her over his shoulder, and
sauntered, quite calmly, out of the prison block. It was deserted, as usual,
since there was hardly anyone left to take prisoner. He briefly wondered
where he should go, where he would find the rest of them. He had no
food supplies, no medical supplies, nothing to drink, and he hadn't got the
slightest idea where he was going! This was very badly planned, he
realised, but there was no turning back now. They would have noticed by
now that the girl was gone. But to escape Robotroplis without any conflict
would be hard with such a passenger on his back. He slipped her off his
back and hid her in the shadow of a tall building. What he needed now
was a weapon. A SWATbot battalion passed through the area every hour,
and refueled. Most of the time there were no need to be fueled up again,
apart from constant walking. The pitch hedgehog pricked up his ears. A
long procession of 'robians' also came here, to operate the machines
inside. He noticed two in particular, pink and green hedgehogs who had
once been 'fakers' siblings. He followed the long rows of mobians into the
building nearest them. Once inside, he noticed large boxes either side of
the warehouse, marked BLASTERS.
Convenient.
Mighty and Espio were back at their 'camp', with an incredibly shocked
kit. Mighty was sitting at a newly built fire, and Espio was sorting out
their rationed food. None of them were talking. Julie and Bunnie were still
nowhere in sight. The night was creeping over the reddened sky towards
them, and they had promised to all meet back before nightfall. Tails was
resting near the fire, his tails wrapped around him to keep him warm and
his eyes wide as dinner plates. The subdued chameleon tossed a small
amount of food over to him disgruntled team-mate. Tails sat up.
"I thought we weren't going to eat until Bunnie and Julie came back."
Mighty just shrugged and started to cook it as best as he could. The flames
lapped over the vegetables and turned them a funny brown colour. Mighty
pulled them out of the fire and tossed them out. One each.
"I thought campers ate marshmallow." A voice observed.
Everyone jumped up and whirled around to face where the voice had
come from. It was quite dark now, and the only light was the fire. The
stranger stood just beyond the light that the fire gave out. He stepped out
into their watchful gaze and smiled. He dropped his load onto the sandy
floor. Julie-Su. Tails squeaked and bounded over to the traveler and
hugged him tightly.
Later that night, all five of them were laughing and joking, sitting around
the blazing fire, and eating burnt vegetables. Julie had come round at last
and had her head bandaged up under her dreads. Tails looked at his black
companion and cocked his head.
"Why did you want to come and join our side?" he asked, eagerly.
The black hedgehog frowned slightly. He thought for a few minutes.
Everyone was quiet as he began to start talking.
"Well…what's there to say? I mean, the egg has got Sonic doing his every
bidding and he's got the Floating Island as long as he's got Knuckles. He
doesn't care much about me anymore, as long as he's got those two, he
could care less about anything else. That's why Snivley escaped. A very
strong robotic echidna knocking you around is not the best thing for your
body. I had Sonic around me, pushing me around, knowing if I retaliated
then that'd be it for me. I'd be a robot quicker than you can say 'Chaos
Control'. So I left. I needed a way of getting you guys to trust me, so I
found Julie here in one of the prison blocks. I carried her out of the place
and into a weaponry building. That's where I got these."
He pulled open his backpack, which had been lying at his feet, and shook
it upside down. Five top-of-the-range blasters fell out onto the sand,
followed by a eight packets of hand grenades.
"How'd you get these to fit into that small backpack?" Mighty asked.
"Plot hole." Shadow replied, smirking..
"But anyway, after I got these, it was getting dark, so I took Julie out of
Robotroplis, and thought. While I was there, a certain blue hedgehog
pounced on me and gave me these wounds."
He showed them his arms and chest, where various bruises and cuts
roamed his flesh.
"I manage to kick him off and he banged his head against a brick wall. I
left him there and went over to the places I had seen you in. You guys
were all concentrated in the one area, the west side of the city, so I figured
that's the direction your base would be. I mean, it wasn't THAT hard to
figure out. You guys should really work on your battle tactics more often.
Anyhow…it was the only thing I had to go on so I went that way. After a
few miles in the sand, I got lost, but that was when I saw your fire, and I
headed over towards you. You have no idea how relieved I was to get
here."
Tails sat back and looked up at the sky. What had once been a dark
velvety blanket dotted with sparkles was now covered in thick clouds of
pollution. He shivered, and looked downwards at the scuffed soles of his
trainers. Julie rubbed her arms, trying to get the feeling back into them.
The fire was getting low, so Mighty threw a few more branches onto it.
The dancing flames licked around the chunks of brittle wood, before
starting to devour it as vigorously as it had the others. Simultaneously, the
small group lay back, nibbling the rationed food they had got left. One by
one, they fell asleep, until only one was left awake.
The you kit sighed. Why.
Why did his hero have to hurt him like that?
It only seemed liked yesterday that he and Sonic were racing through the
Great Forest and Knothole, and listening to aunt Sally scold them both for
it. That it was only this morning that Tails had last seem him smile that
winning smile. That smile that made him feel happy, just knowing that
Sonic would be there for him. But now he was gone. Another slave to
Robotnik.
As he turned over to go to sleep in the soft sand dunes, Miles Prower
made a promise. That he would get his best friend back. Even if it was
going to kill him.
~ Fin ~
Hi everyone! Hope ya liked this chapter, and just to let you know, there's
more where this came from!! Oh yeah…and R & R PLEASE!!!!! Luv yas
all!
~ Orion ~